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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Register: Crosscare Migrant Project (1 Oct 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...the reference to this issue in the report. I wish our education system could recognise that we are Europeans as much as we are Irish and therefore teach European languages. Even though kids might feel isolation in far-flung locations like Australia, or parts of America like New York, they go there because English is spoken. If we could change the education system, they might be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Exchange of Views: Mozambique Ministerial Delegation (4 Jun 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...said that, I am proud that we are using our development aid funds to target particular provinces in Mozambique. I would like the delegates to comment on the situation in some of them. How does it feel to be running a country that has the world's highest growth rate? While there has been 7.5% growth for the past ten years and it is continuing at 7%, Mozambique is, however, listed as one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Nigeria: Ambassador of Nigeria (28 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...reaping the consequences of the neglect of the poorer north on security grounds, among other reasons. Is the northern region economically depressed, hence the ability of Boko Haram to recruit those who feel disenfranchised from the Muslim community? Will the ambassador explain to us who, as westerners, have not fully come to terms with the concept of Muslim Islamists how the central...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Work in North Africa and Middle East: Amnesty International Ireland (14 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...in these regions where this is part of the unwritten culture of the police and security forces and government. We need to be focused and reminded every so often about these abuses. I often feel that the cases we highlight are those of people more capable of expressing views, be they be political or personal, or of explaining their torture as against the humble peasant who is the victim...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Eric Byrne: Deputy O'Dea should not be feeling so inferior.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Eric Byrne: Did Deputy O'Dea not feel nervous at that time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Debt and Development Coalition Ireland (1 Apr 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...are evicting farmers or whatever and presumably, there is huge conflict in this regard. Consequently, I thank the witnesses for bringing this matter to the joint committee's attention. I am feeling rather defensive because I do not know a huge amount about the workings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development except that Ireland is a member and therefore, is a...

Report on the Contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Economic Recovery: Statements (28 Mar 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...been to Iran and are very conscious of the human rights abuses there. We had the opportunity, through the Iranian human rights council, which is headed up by a very senior and well-known politician, to explain our feelings on public executions of gay people in gyms and the stoning to death of women allegedly engaged in adultery and so on. We had the door to a specific Minister opened to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Minister of State (13 Mar 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...ahead for Ukraine. Nobody seemed to notice Armenia and its reasons for opting out of the eastern partnership programme. The former Soviet states of Albania and Moldova, in particular, will be feeling very insecure as a result of what is happening. Will the Minister of State assure me that the Europe Union is consciously boosting their morale, investing in and working alongside them in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Trócaire (26 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...by these unfortunate schoolchildren, or whoever they are. These are important issues for a Catholic or Protestant agency engaging in this work. Does Mr. Meehan find that such a conflict exists in the field? I cannot help but feel very sorry for the lesbian spokesperson from Uganda who spoke about the horrors that are going to unfold there. That law is so repressive. I lived in Africa...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...most of what is in Mr. Dorr's paper but I am not quite sure how the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will take on board what we will speak about as a change of policy. I must confess I feel slightly embarrassed as an Irish European when I see terrorist organisations running campaigns and destabilising parts of Africa such as Mali, Mauritania and northern Nigeria. There is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Dec 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...on a number of issues. The Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov, could be included in discussions. The art of negotiation is in arriving at a conclusion to these complex issues. However, I get the feeling that, in regard to Ukraine in particular, we see it as a West-East issue. We do not see it as a unitary state, but as a divided state.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...have representation, which is only correct. I seek a commitment that the socioeconomic committees, for example, will have an implementation group incorporating the voice and influence of workers who feel rather vulnerable because of a move away from the past and local development boards being subsumed by local area boards. Local authorities will subsume those bodies again. The workers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...be overseeing the work of the interdepartmental committee. The question of the scrutiny of EU positions was also raised. While I do not wish to speak for my colleagues on this committee who may feel they have more time for scrutinising, I can say from my experience over the past two years that there is not even sufficient time to scrutinise the EU documentation we are obliged to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability in the EU: Discussion with Minister of State (7 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: ..., tends to make us focus quite sharply on issues emanating from Europe, which is positive. However, I detect a very strong sense of alienation among the citizens of Europe. The fact that people feel that they can vote for comedians over serious politicians is very worrying. To some extent, we can be encouraged by the fact that countries such as Iceland, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Turkey...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...basic international human rights laws. Unfortunately, Deputy O'Sullivan has been delayed and cannot be here. We tortured ourselves in trying to be as fair as we possibly could in moving in what we feel is the right, serious and honest way forward. If Parliament was to change laws it would take years. I would like to think that if people such as the human rights defenders who will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: VFM Report on Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence (23 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...of youth unemployment in Spain. It is incredible the Italians seem to think comedians are better in parliament than real politicians. As an Irish citizen I am concerned about growing anti-European feeling. It is interpreted in various countries in various ways, with some going ultra-right and others going ultra-left. We have a substantial ultra-leftist simplistic political band of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (17 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: .... They were very unimpressed by the Secretary of State's presence in Israel, in so far as they were of the view that he was reinforcing the concept of the Jewish State. As Arab Christians, they feel terribly under threat and their populations are being squeezed out. They believe they are deemed to be second-class citizens in the Jewish state. Is the Minister aware of the concerns of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland's Role in the Future of the European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...nothing wrong with voting for comedians. Given that austerity is hurting people and that Europe needs to consolidate and convey its message back to the people, are we doing it as well as we can? I feel Ireland is rather unique in Europe in so far as our Constitution requires referenda on European treaties. It provides a shock system to the electorate to decide on treaties such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Eric Byrne: ..., the director general of the Department of Foreign Affairs's Europe division, and I would like to hear her view of the lobbying that went on and her view on behalf of Ireland Inc. as to how it feels on the issue. As he mentioned the OSCE, the PA and all of these other politicians throughout the world who were supporting the motion, I asked Mr. Browder but he did not confirm that any...